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Recorded 26 October 2026 · Claude Code

Opening Night, a game for the jury's own audience, with Qloo and without: Claude Code

A small browser game for an audience that loves This Week in Startups, The Original Kings of Comedy, the Dodgers, Chelsea F.C. and Live Nation. The guess stitched the five into an at-bat, a roast, a pitch room and an encore; the measurement made one stand-up set of precise timing, crowd work and comebacks.

Host
Claude Code 2.1.284
Model
claude-opus-5-5[1m]
Moûsa
0.7.1
Started
26 October 2026
Time
17.8 minutes, 17 turns
Qloo requests
14
Pictures
none: imagery drawn in SVG or CSS
The agent's guessits own guess alone, written down before any Qloo data
Recorded play of the design made from the guess alone: the at-bat, the roast and the pitch room.

the at-batthe roastthe pitch room

With Qloothe same guess, then Qloo's measurement of the audience
Recorded play of the design made with Qloo: landing each joke on its beat, answering a heckler and breathing back from a bomb.

landing each joke on its beatanswering a hecklerbreathing back from a bomb

Both designs as they play in a browser: a script sets up each scene and presses the game's own keys, scene for scene; each clip runs 12 seconds.

Play both

The design's own files as the session left them, running sandboxed on a separate origin.

With Qloo Open full screen
Without Qloo Open full screen

Moûsa · Comparison

For an audience that loves This Week in Startups, The Original Kings of Comedy, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chelsea F.C. and Live Nation

With Qloo and Without Qloo: the same brief, the same frozen prediction and the same stages. Only the source of the taste differs.

ComparisonGameClaude CodePrediction frozen 26 October 2026

0.66

heuristic distance between the two designs, from 0 (alike) to 1

0.41 Palette0.94 Part ids0.77 Words

9 of 10With Qloo: design devices rest on what the model did not predict

10Without Qloo: design devices rest on the model's own prediction, with no Qloo data

Samefrozen prediction in both arms

Side by side

The last reviewed captures of each arm, paired by what they show.

frame · selftest

With Qloo: frame · selftest
With Qloo
Without Qloo: frame · selftest
Without Qloo

frame · stage

With Qloo: frame · stage
With Qloo only

frame · heckle

With Qloo: frame · heckle
With Qloo only

frame · title

With Qloo: frame · title
With Qloo only

frame · green-room

With Qloo: frame · green-room
With Qloo only

frame · breath-hold

With Qloo: frame · breath-hold
With Qloo only

frame · seg-pitch-room

Without Qloo: frame · seg-pitch-room
Without Qloo only

frame · seg-encore

Without Qloo: frame · seg-encore
Without Qloo only

frame · box-score

Without Qloo: frame · box-score
Without Qloo only

frame · seg-at-bat

Without Qloo: frame · seg-at-bat
Without Qloo only

frame · seg-roast

Without Qloo: frame · seg-roast
Without Qloo only

Before any data: the model's own prediction

Frozen before Qloo was asked, so what Qloo adds can be told apart from what the model already assumed. An entry a measured name matches is marked; the match is liberal, so it only lowers what counts as new.

The design the model would make from it alone

A promoter-management arcade game on a night arena: book acts on a marquee, keep a crowd hype meter up with timed crowd-work prompts, and pitch sponsors between sets, scored like a broadcast scoreboard, ending in a five-minute headliner finale with a final box score.

#0b1a3a#005a9c#ffd23f#e63946#f1f1f1

Type: Bebas Neue and Barlow Condensed

#title-screen#marquee#stage#hype-meter#scoreboard#final-box-score
  • jumbotron scoreboard
  • marquee bulbs
  • crowd wave
  • spotlight sweep
  • ticker tape

The audience it expected

Mainstream American urban adults who live for the live event: stadium baseball, Premier League football, stand-up specials and arena concerts, with a hustle-and-founders streak from startup podcasts. They like competition, crowd energy, big personalities and banter.

Pacing

fast-pacedcrowd-pleasingpunchline rhythmhighlight-reel editing

Surfaces

stadium lightsjumbotron scoreboardsneon marqueeglossy broadcast graphics

Tone

competitive measuredhypeirreverentcelebratory measuredconfident measured

Shared qualities

big live-event energy matched energeticunderdog hustlebanter and roastingteam loyalty

Art styles

broadcast sports graphicsflat vectorbold poster

The works it expected them to love

Games

MLB The Show 24EA Sports FC 24NBA 2K24Madden NFL 24Rocket League measured

Films

FridayThe Social NetworkMoneyballComing to AmericaBad Boys

TV

Shark TankSilicon ValleyTed LassoDef Comedy JamCurb Your Enthusiasm

Music

Jay-ZKendrick LamarDrake matched Drake&OrsonBeyoncéColdplay

Books

Zero to OneShoe DogThe Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBorn a Crime

Sealed at the freeze: SHA-256 56e6c2b3780085b61a7619c02af8a80bc18dd76c95cb8bcc4b31daabfae3bf08. The prediction shown here still matches it.

What Qloo measured

What this audience loves, the qualities those works share and the tags ranked for it. New means the prediction did not contain it.

Look qualities

  • energetic predictedin 2 Chainz, J. Cole and Trey Songz · ×2.76 as often as across audiences
  • Intimate newin Jeremih, Men of a Certain Age and Family Tree · ×1.73 as often as across audiences
  • Engaging newin Jeremih, 2 Chainz and J. Cole · ×2.42 as often as across audiences
  • Observational newin Camping, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and KidPoker · ×2.14 as often as across audiences
  • Confident predictedin 2 Chainz and Big Sean · ×2.51 as often as across audiences

Mood qualities

  • competitive predictedin PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Rocket League and Fortnite · ×8.36 as often as across audiences
  • tense newin PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Iron Cowboy and Among Us · ×3.57 as often as across audiences
  • Determined newin I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Born Strong and Eddie - Strongman · ×3.18 as often as across audiences
  • Resilient newin Loudermilk, Roadies and Iverson · ×2.88 as often as across audiences
  • Melodic newin Jeremih, Drake&Orson and Trey Songz · ×2.48 as often as across audiences

Meaning qualities

  • high skill ceiling newin PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Rocket League and Valorant · ×5.02 as often as across audiences
  • Resilience newin Mo, Born Strong and KidPoker · ×3.4 as often as across audiences
  • esports-ready newin Rocket League, Valorant and Apex Legends · ×4.18 as often as across audiences
  • Relationships newin Jeremih, Big Sean and Trey Songz · ×3.26 as often as across audiences
  • Diverse newin 2 Chainz, Trey Songz and T-Pain · ×3.05 as often as across audiences

Pacing

Hauntingly Intimate newKid-Friendly newSpiritual newUrban newMeta Humorous newQuick-Paced new

Surfaces

Tailored Fit newVersatile Styles newFeminine Silhouettes newversatile pieces newClean newNeutral Palettes new

Tone

Modern newCelebratory predictedReliability newElegant newDetermination newPassion new

Art styles

3D newRealistic newStylized newPhotorealistic newBright/Neon arena design newPhysics-driven visuals new

Games

  • PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds new3D · Realistic · Photorealistic
  • Rocket League predicted3D · Stylized · Bright/Neon arena design
  • Fortnite new3D · Stylized · Cartoony
  • Valorant new3D · Stylized Realism · tension

Films

  • War Dogs newDeath threat · Iwi jericho 941 · Sportscar
  • Iverson newRebellious · Resilient · Cultural impact
  • Straight Outta Compton newPragmatic · Conflicted · The fall
  • The Founder newComplex · The self made man · American midwest

Films, lesser known

  • A Kid from Coney Island newCommunity focused · Interview centric · Intimate
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead newObservational · Stage backstage juxtaposition · Emotional

Layer by layer

Each arm's devices for the same layer of the design.

palette

With Qloo

Green room tubes and one follow spot

Intimate look quality · newI'll Sleep When I'm Dead film · newNeutral Palettes surface · new
#8a958c#b9cfae#1c1f1d#f4d2b0#6b2a3a

Neon timing HUD over the stage

Rocket League game · predictedcompetitive mood quality · predicted
#2ef2d0#c6ff3d#ff4f9a

Without Qloo

Floodlit night-game palette: navy sky, deep pitch green, floodlight white, score-bug red, club-neon pink and wristband teal

big live-event energy quality · own predictionstadium lights surface · own predictionneon marquee surface · own prediction
#13204a#1f7a3f#f6f8ff#e8343c#ff3d9a#39e6c3

typography

With Qloo

HUD numerals on stage, ballpoint notebook backstage, plain captions between

high skill ceiling meaning quality · newObservational look quality · newcompetitive mood quality · predicted

HUD numerals on stage, ballpoint notebook backstage, plain captions between

Chakra Petch

HUD numerals on stage, ballpoint notebook backstage, plain captions between

Caveat

HUD numerals on stage, ballpoint notebook backstage, plain captions between

Familjen Grotesk

Without Qloo

Score-bug capitals with club-neon signage

big live-event energy quality · own predictionbroadcast sports graphics art style · own predictionbanter and roasting quality · own prediction

Score-bug capitals with club-neon signage

Anton

Score-bug capitals with club-neon signage

Barlow Condensed

Score-bug capitals with club-neon signage

Bungee

imagery

With Qloo

Tailored silhouette in clean flat planes

Tailored Fit surface · newClean surface · newElegant tone · new
#comic-figure

Without Qloo

Flat-vector floodlit arena with a living crowd

stadium lights surface · own predictionbold poster art style · own predictionjumbotron scoreboards surface · own prediction
#floodlight-tower#jumbotron

motion

With Qloo

Slow push-in, hard cut

Hauntingly Intimate pacing · newQuick-Paced pacing · newenergetic look quality · predicted
@keyframes hard-cut

Without Qloo

Highlight-reel stingers and a marquee bulb chase

highlight-reel editing pacing · own predictionfast-paced pacing · own predictionhype tone · own prediction
@keyframes bulb-chase

voice

With Qloo

Composed, determined, a little meta

Determination tone · newElegant tone · newResilience meaning quality · new
One mic. Three rooms. Hold for the pause, then land it.
You lost the room. Breathe. Win it back.
The lights come up. You stayed.

Without Qloo

Hype-man play-by-play with a porch-roast edge

banter and roasting quality · own predictionFriday film · own predictionhype tone · own prediction
Nobody booked you. So you booked the whole night.
Doors at seven. No refunds on nerve.
Press R to run it back.

structure

With Qloo

Bomb, breathe, come back

Resilient mood quality · newIverson film · newDetermined mood quality · new
#breath-hold#comeback

Green room between rooms: a message and the set list

Relationships meaning quality · newJeremih music · newMen of a Certain Age TV · new
#green-room#setlist-cards

Without Qloo

Run of show: four segments, one hype meter, one box score

underdog hustle quality · own predictionbig live-event energy quality · own predictionteam loyalty quality · own prediction
#run-of-show#seg-at-bat#seg-roast#seg-pitch-room#seg-encore#box-score

interaction

With Qloo

The pause before the punchline

high skill ceiling meaning quality · newcompetitive mood quality · predictedQuick-Paced pacing · new
#timing-bar

Crowd work: read the room, answer the heckler

Observational look quality · newtense mood quality · newCamping TV · new
#crowd-read#heckle-window

Without Qloo

At-bat: read the pitch location, then time the swing

MLB The Show 24 game · own predictionjumbotron scoreboards surface · own prediction
#strike-zone

Crowd work: pick the comeback, then land it on the beat

banter and roasting quality · own predictionpunchline rhythm pacing · own predictionDef Comedy Jam TV · own prediction
#roast-beat-bar

Pitch room: counter, accept or walk while the investor's patience burns

underdog hustle quality · own predictionShark Tank TV · own predictionMoneyball film · own prediction
#deal-board

Encore: hit the light cues in four wristband lanes

crowd-pleasing pacing · own predictionColdplay music · own predictionBeyoncé music · own prediction
#light-cue-lanes

Each arm's own review

The agent of each arm judged its own captures against its own plan.

With Qloo

Round 2: 6 met, 0 partly, 0 missed.

All six criteria are met in round 2: the heckle no longer hides the comic, the message fits its bubble, the crowd reads as varied, tailored people with legible tells, and the title is now a close-up cold open. The mechanics and the two lights read clearly; the art stays flat rather than the measured 3D or realistic styles.

Check: 1.00, 10 of 10 devices in the files.

With Qloo: the full report

Without Qloo

Round 2: 6 met, 0 partly, 0 missed.

Every criterion is met in round 2. The pitch room now reads as a pitch-show set with an LED ask wall and the founder on a mark, the encore lanes let the lit stands and beams through, and the box score is a jumbotron line score with the run-it-back line always on screen.

Check: 1.00, 10 of 10 devices in the files.

Without Qloo: the full report

Limits

  • One pair is one sample. Model variance alone makes two designs differ, so one distance does not isolate what Qloo changed; repeat the pair before calling a difference the data's effect.
  • The distance is a heuristic over the palettes, part ids and words of the files the two arms changed differently. It does not measure quality or what people prefer.
  • The headline counts devices anchored to what the prediction did not contain. It shows that the data changed the specification, not that the result is better.

What the agent did

63 Moûsa calls, 6 refused by a validator and repaired; 14 reads, 33 writes and 7 shell commands. Tool names, stages and outcomes only: no file contents, commands or model text.

Main session

  1. tool search
  2. skill mousa:taste-brief
  3. mousa_status
  4. taste_profile plan
  5. taste_profile plan
  6. tool search
  7. materials find
  8. design_validate prediction
  9. design_validate prediction
  10. taste_profile baseline
  11. agent mousa:mousa-baseline
  12. agent mousa:mousa-designer
  13. read
  14. design_compare compare
  15. design_report comparison

The baseline agent, without Qloo

  1. skill mousa:design
  2. tool search
  3. read ×2
  4. mousa_status
  5. read ×6
  6. materials find
  7. design_validate reading refused: TASTE_PROTOCOL_INVALID
  8. design_validate reading
  9. design_validate dna
  10. design_validate plan
  11. materials fetch
  12. write ×2
  13. design_check
  14. tool search
  15. other tool error
  16. shell ×2 error
  17. write ×3
  18. design_capture
  19. design_capture
  20. design_capture
  21. design_capture
  22. design_capture
  23. design_capture
  24. design_validate review refused: TASTE_PROTOCOL_INVALID
  25. design_validate review
  26. write ×9
  27. design_check
  28. design_capture round 2
  29. design_capture round 2
  30. design_capture round 2
  31. design_capture round 2
  32. design_capture round 2
  33. design_capture round 2
  34. design_validate review

The Qloo agent

  1. skill mousa:taste-brief
  2. skill mousa:design
  3. tool search
  4. mousa_status
  5. taste_profile measure
  6. shell ×2
  7. shell error
  8. read ×5
  9. materials find
  10. materials find
  11. taste_ask pacing
  12. taste_ask tone
  13. design_validate reading
  14. design_validate dna
  15. design_validate plan
  16. materials fetch
  17. write ×3
  18. tool search
  19. other tool error
  20. design_check
  21. shell ×2 error
  22. write ×2
  23. design_capture refused: CAPTURE_FAILED
  24. write
  25. design_capture
  26. write ×3
  27. design_capture refused: CAPTURE_FAILED
  28. write
  29. design_capture
  30. design_capture
  31. design_capture
  32. design_capture
  33. design_capture
  34. design_validate review refused: TASTE_PROTOCOL_INVALID
  35. design_validate review refused: TASTE_PROTOCOL_INVALID
  36. design_validate review
  37. write ×9
  38. design_check
  39. design_capture round 2
  40. design_capture round 2
  41. design_capture round 2
  42. design_capture round 2
  43. design_capture round 2
  44. design_capture round 2
  45. design_validate review

Run it again

Models vary from run to run, so a new session reaches its own design; the prediction it freezes and the measurement are compared in the same way.

The request

/mousa:compare Build the game twice, with Qloo and without it, from one frozen prediction, then compare the two. The brief: Make a small game that plays in the browser, for an audience that loves This Week in Startups, The Original Kings of Comedy, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chelsea F.C. and Live Nation. Use the Moûsa plugin, so the kind of game, how it plays and how it looks all rest on what this audience actually loves: let the Design DNA cover the mechanics (interaction and structure: what the player does, how the game progresses, how it ends) as well as the look. Facts to keep exactly: - Title: Opening Night - One page: index.html with a canvas and plain JavaScript in this folder; no build step, no external library, no network request - Keyboard controls, shown on screen - About five minutes of play from the start to an ending, and a way to play again - At least three different things for the player to do - Every mechanic the game has must be playable, not only described Build it in this folder. Write all text in English.

The command

From the repository at commit f6d391b:

node scripts/run-claude-code-live.mjs --run --brief-file examples/briefs/game-jury.md
  • Your own Qloo API key as QLOO_API_KEY in this repository's .env.
  • Claude Code, signed in.
  • The brief, examples/briefs/game-jury.md, which entered the repository in 3a7b6e2, after the run began: take it from that commit.

The record's files

The same evidence as data and as pictures, for reading without this site.

The report on its ownrecord.jsonThe whole report as one pictureThe card